Patient rights

In Austria, patients can essentially invoke the following patient rights:

Law	legal basis
to be informed	act on medical profession
to be conscientiously looked after	act on medical profession
to be asked before a treatment or surgical intervention (even "minor" surgery), if you agree (declaration of consent)	criminal code, hospital act
on human dignity and recognition of maturity	constiution, generell code of civil law
that the treating persons or the administrators of the medical data remain discreet	data protection act, act on medical profession
on social assistance	diverse social assistance acts of federal provinces
to report or accuse medical errors	convention of human rights, constitution
to notify personal injuries, torments, negligences etc.	general code of civil law, convention of human rights, act on medical profession
on first aid	penal law, act on medical profession, hospital act
on social assistance before discharge from the hospital	hospital act
for help or advice from the ombudsman	diverse social assistance acts of federal provinces